It's a movie. But I deciphered it. That's a Great Egret, a tall wading bird; pronounced extinct by Audubon during the 1890s, but discovered on Avery Island shortly thereafter, where the McIlhenny family (the tabasco folks) had protected the egret rookery to keep away plume hunters (see millinery; Google it). Thanks to the McIlhenny family, your wife got to see one.